DarkeSword   Administrators 🎮

Next stage is posted. Doppler Stage 1 from MMX3.

I will be in Atlanta this weekend, and will return around 2PM on Sunday. Should not affect SFRG, but I will be out of contact for a while. If you have any serious, pressing questions concerning the competition, email me at darkesword@ocremix.org.

If you left-click the link and the MP3 opens in the browser to play, press CTRL+S. See if that allows you to save the file. That's immaterial to the discussion here. He's specifically talking about Edge, so unless you have specific points about Edge as a browser that can help him, please refrain from browser evangelism. As a website, OC ReMix will always attempt to support most major browsers; this includes Microsoft's browser du jour. If Edge presents usability issues with OC ReMix, we certainly need to know about them so that we can evaluate whether or not to provide a fix or workaround. Responding with what amounts to "ms browsers are shit use a better browser" isn't useful or helpful. There are plenty of people out there that have issues with Firefox and Chrome too, and we wouldn't want them doing the same thing.

I guarantee that if you "throw it all out the window and play what you feel from the heart" it's going to sound like shit. A good instrumentalist knows what notes to play during improvisation because they have a general understanding of how to stay in key and make specific choices when playing accidentals. They know this because they've played and practiced for a long time; they may not be theory experts but they still know what's going to work and what isn't going to work. An instrument is a tool used to manipulate sound, and instrumentalists have to achieve a certain proficiency with that tool in order to produce the sounds they want. That means actually knowing how to play an F# or a Bb when they need to, and that means they're making the choice to play an F# or a Bb for specific reasons. That choice can be made within an instant, but it's still a choice that's being made. I always roll my eyes a little when people talk about improvisation in these really romantic, cerebral terms where a person is just "feeling the music." There's a lot of study and practice that needs to be done to get to the point where an instrumentalist is proficient enough to be able to make those choices sub-consciously and let muscle memory guide their playing.

Yeah just to clarify for anyone new to following a gauntlet style competition, here's what happens at the start of every week. The week's Gauntlet theme is revealed around 5PM EDT on Sunday. Each team chooses a lead artist for the week. The lead artist writes and produces a remix using their Maverick's them and the Gauntlet theme. Team members are allowed to collaborate. The following Sunday, the artist submits their remix to me around 5PM EDT. I encode, tag, and upload the remixes and provide a link for download. Voters have about a week to vote on what track they think incorporates both themes the best. Scores are tallied and points are awarded for each round. Remember, we don't alternate remixing and voting weeks; every week another team member is writing a new remix. Fixed!

Explicit lyrics are fine, just warn people that your stuff is NSFW. If you want to share your work, hit up the Workshop forums; there's a place to post VGM arrangements and a place to post originals/non-VGM arrangements. Also check out Recruit & Collaborate and see if there are any albums that need help.

I've fixed your sig, Beth. All sigs should be uploaded! If yours is missing or needs fixing, let me know! Check the first post for the link!!

I went back and forth on that last night; wasn't sure so I went with forum name. I'll change it.

Also if you have edit requests for your sig, like fixing your name or something, let us know here.

Hey guys! rnn and I have been working on signatures for everyone, based on the basic design of my own SFRG sig. Signatures are available here. Not everyone's is done yet, but these are the one's that are available right now. They rest of them should be available soon. Please make sure you download your sig and upload it to your own image hosting. I don't think Google Drive plays nice with embedding images and remote linking. Thanks!

Xarnax, GrapplingHook, DjjD, I need your guys' team name.

Mmm, well I think I prefer a more standard Capcom art look with character art, and also something with typography that doesn't look like an early 90s kids dance show on PBS. Please know that I absolutely appreciate you taking a stab at sigs; I'm just very picky about aesthetics and graphic design, and this doesn't really jive with what I want for a visual identity. I'm going to put some sigs together tonight with rnn's help, based on what I've got in mine. I also need a team name for DjjD, GrapplingHook, and Xarnax's team.

I'm sorry dude but...that doesn't look good at all. I mean people are free to use whatever they want, but seriously...what's going on there? Why would that be a typo? The point spread is correct.

I posted it around 5PM EDT. It's in a new post a page or two back, and also in the first post.

Let's kick things off right! This week's theme is Palace Ground, the first Sigma Fortress theme from the first Mega Man X game!

Quick note about how scoring will work in the SFRG. As with past WCRGs, scoring will be based on your team earning points by placing in rounds. We have 13 teams competing this year, so this is how the spread goes, based on your team's place: 10 points 8 points 7 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point Any team that doesn't submit a remix will get zero points for the round, so ALWAYS submit a remix, even if it's only 20 seconds long. The scoring method I'm using here is essentially what we've used in the past for the WCRG and it's worked well; it prevents snowballing and keeps things competitive. Changes to the system aren't up for discussion.

As the first round approaches, I want to remind everyone to read the Competitions Code of Conduct (CCC). Remember, everyone—competitor and voter alike—is expected to adhere to to the CCC. The competitions I run are, above all else, about learning and self-improvement. I appreciate competitiveness and using that to fuel your own drive to produce great music, but let's be mindful that there are people of all skill levels competing, and many varied tastes within the voting community. The last things I want for the SFRG are drama and bad feelings. Good luck and have fun, everyone.

The draft is complete! Check your maverick theme on the Final Selections sheet! For anyone that's curious, we did actually get down the 5th selection for both pu_freak and DusK, who both chose Storm Eagle. In order to resolve this, I did a runoff for those two using a die, and then for the loser, I started going back UP his list (i.e. up to the 4th selection), giving that priority in any conflict (i.e. automatic win), and then continued to resolve any additional conflicts. Fortunately we didn't have to travel too far back up the selections.

Tomorrow evening!

Yeah I'm pretty excited about getting back into D3. I like the game but long seasons just get boring after a while.

Alright, If I do Beth and Gar on one team with their third, I can get Xarnax and DjjD to fill out GrapplingHook's team. And we'll be set. Beth, Gar, get your third person as soon as you can. I'd like to run the draft this weekend.

Not going with GrapplingHook as your third? xD Poor Grap!

DjjD told me over chat that he'd be willing to jump in if we can get another person. Hit up Ben Briggs on Twitter asking if he's down to participate too, he seemed interested when we hung out at CEO2015.

Nothing wrong with that! But let's all try to find Grap some teammates if we can.